Dual Language Programs Empower Students with Bilingualism

Seattle Public Schools: January 8, 2025

Seattle Public Schools offers K-12 dual language immersion pathways in Spanish, Japanese, and Mandarin

Dual Language Programs Empower Students with Bilingualism

It’s time for math at McDonald International Elementary, and Miwa Casper is breezing through her lesson with ease. The 5th-grade Japanese immersion teacher prompts her students to respond, and they all do – but not in English. In this class, students can only answer in Japanese.

Seattle Public Schools serves more than 6,700 English language learners who come from 159 different countries and speak 158 languages and dialects across the district.  

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